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Measurement widget
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The Measurement widget allows the user to measure the area of a polygon, length of a line, or find the coordinates of a point.</p><div class="notes" id="GUID-C94A428B-CB92-4A88-ABC9-36487F4714FF"><div class="note"><img class="note_img" src="rsrc/note.png" alt="Note" title="Note"><span>Note:</span></div><div class="tipbody"><p id="GUID-FD7CB13D-3019-485B-A301-EC2777953AAE"> If the map's coordinate system is not Web Mercator or geographic, or if complex polygons are drawn, the Measurement widget needs to use the geometry service to project or simplify geometries.</p></div></div></div>

<div class="section1" id="ESRI_SECTION1_F706FEE2751E42408298FACEF9700425" purpose="section1"><h2>Configuring the Measurement widget</h2><p id="GUID-96255BD1-ACE9-4C7F-8210-2BB9EBD75793">The Measurement widget can be set to open automatically when apps start. To do so, click the  dot on the widget to turn it dark green.</p><p id="GUID-E16B2B55-A41D-4180-952A-9D6D06CA91A2">Click the edit  icon<img purpose="img" placement="inline" alt="Edit icon" title="Edit icon" src="03w3/GUID-50375771-FF28-476B-971D-4369D62C01D2-web.png"> on the  widget to open the configuration properties.</p><div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-EC039D92-75C2-4D25-BFF7-3004533417C5-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Measurement configuration" title="Measurement configuration"></td></tr></table></div><p id="GUID-743F62CF-CB10-4B82-935D-4997CFDEC4FD">The <span class="uicontrol">Default Area Unit</span> parameter allows you to configure the pre-selected unit of measure for polygon measurements. Options are:<ul purpose="ul" id="UL_F830222018114CBC8D31E287DB0F01D4"><li purpose="li" id="LI_936FA8BCD4EB4A51BF74C005CC89A712">Acres</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_A41AC1C2493B4F44A3134C2C913B5C46">Sq Miles</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_9257C26A52CF4AAEBDE8CA6BE9D1D00F">Sq Kilometers</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_DB22ACADD5A84AD48551EAB781184AF2">Hectares</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_04A460592C9C410593DDAB3E1ABB5BCA">Sq Yards</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_08E267D44D3C452C8410E4905E2F7367">Sq Feet</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_B2898481A2AC428E90634FE2274B33DD">Sq Meters</li></ul></p><p id="GUID-6434F091-114C-4ADC-9086-0B7D18920A3E">The <span class="uicontrol">Default Length Unit </span> parameter allows you to configure the pre-selected unit of measure for line/polyline measurements. Options are:<ul purpose="ul" id="UL_66C77ACB2502462DA084B878040F58F1"><li purpose="li" id="LI_81E9AE24B3AD42B18600994756664999">Miles</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_99AB945997FB4AB58470ABDC5C7419ED">Kilometers</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_9143737B07074D54A19AC030FF64F046">Feet</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_737CA63E3C69444FAB165B9F1CEB5402">Meters</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_337BA9071E734D7F974E7332026CEC67">Yards</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_B90721A16802425D80412D9E295F83E6">Nautical Miles</li></ul></p><p id="GUID-F7F2D0A1-937D-4D70-AA80-E0D3F80BE844">Click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span> to close the dialog box when finished.</p></div><div class="section1" id="ESRI_SECTION1_EAB31B606B8242479DC1AF5D1F48E4EE" purpose="section1"><h2>Using the Measurement widget</h2><p id="GUID-EAD9C57F-3672-4307-B45B-0C1938BAAB5C">Click the widget icon to open the Measurement widget.</p><div class="section2" id="ESRI_SECTION2_41E815F35B104B689725D9D892CF552A" purpose="section2"><h3>Point measurements</h3><p id="GUID-0864D77A-3988-4921-9BCC-2D598C6C2A61">Click the point measurement icon <img purpose="img" placement="inline" alt="Point measurement icon" title="Point measurement icon" src="03w3/GUID-0063B864-3614-4616-9D18-35A7FD1C0F82-web.png"> and click a point on the map. The Measurement widget displays the coordinates for the point in <span class="uicontrol">Degrees</span> (decimal). You may change the coordinate display format to degrees/minutes/seconds by changing the <span class="uicontrol">Degrees</span> drop-down to <span class="uicontrol">DMS</span>.<div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-E5784E66-AAEF-42B5-BE36-1512EAF1B294-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Point measurement result with geometry on map" title="Point measurement result with geometry on map"></td></tr></table></div></p></div><div class="section2" id="ESRI_SECTION2_CE6687F840EE4AD08479DC5EB5214CF1" purpose="section2"><h3>Polyline measurements</h3><p id="GUID-B547C20D-6D56-4B4E-929E-9B50607B9226">Click the polyline measurement icon <img purpose="img" placement="inline" alt="Polyline measurement icon" title="Polyline measurement icon" src="03w3/GUID-D096EFB5-6DC9-4E4A-A4C0-6BAC980702D4-web.png"> and draw a polyline on the map by clicking two or more points. Double-click to finish drawing the polyline. The Measurement widget displays the total length of the polyline, using the defined <span class="uicontrol">Default Length Unit</span>. To change the length unit, select the applicable unit of measure from the <span class="uicontrol">Miles</span>drop-down menu.<div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-CDACAB8B-B061-4CC8-8EC1-9B182125E889-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Polyline measurement result with geometry on map" title="Polyline measurement result with geometry on map"></td></tr></table></div></p></div><div class="section2" id="ESRI_SECTION2_6BDF6EF1C59B4883993E580648862EC1" purpose="section2"><h3>Polygon measurements</h3><p id="GUID-5C7EC2A8-7F96-4D4F-A966-B76519993C1B">Click the polygon measurement icon <img purpose="img" placement="inline" alt="Polygon measurement icon" title="Polygon measurement icon" src="03w3/GUID-55F1636F-6B61-478D-8116-8A05AEB55006-web.png"> and draw a polygon on the map by clicking three or more points. Double-click to finish drawing the polygon. The Measurement widget displays the total area of the polygon, using the defined <span class="uicontrol">Default Area Unit</span>. To change the area unit, select the applicable unit of measure from the <span class="uicontrol">Acres</span> drop-down menu.<div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-E10C596F-3FB2-41EF-85E0-84EE6B61D940-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Polygon measurement result with geometry on map" title="Polygon measurement result with geometry on map"></td></tr></table></div></p></div></div><div class="wfsummary" id="GUID-169AB86F-64F0-46BC-A507-4A43C324C1AC" purpose="wfsummary">

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